Haitian Revolution
August 21, 1791 – January 1, 1804 · Saint-Domingue
Revolt of enslaved people in the French colony of Saint-Domingue that ended slavery there, defeated a French army and created Haiti, the first state founded by former slaves.
Key people
Participants
Strength and losses
| France | |
|---|---|
| Deaths | 57,000–75,000 |
Battles and events 14
- Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets March 22, 1792 · Victory of the Mulattoes
- Siege of Port-au-Prince (1793) April 12–14, 1793 · French Republican victory
- Battle of Cap-Français (1793) June 20–22, 1793 · Commissioner victory
- Capture of Fort-Dauphin (1794) January 28–29, 1794 · Spanish victory
- Battle of Gonaïves May 5, 1794 · French victory
- Battle of Jean-Rabel April 15–21, 1797 · British victory
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War of the South June 16, 1799 – July 30, 1800 · Pro-Toussaint victory
- Action of 1 January 1800 January 1, 1800 · American victory
- Saint-Domingue expedition December 1801 – December 1803 · Rebel victory
- Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres February 23, 1802 · French victory
- Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot March 4–24, 1802 · French victory
- Blockade of Saint-Domingue June 18 – December 6, 1803 · British victory
- Siege of Port-au-Prince (1803) October 1803 – November 1803 · Rebel victory
- Battle of Vertières November 18, 1803 · Rebel victory
- Haitian Declaration of Independence January 1, 1804
Before and after
- Followed from
- French Revolution May 5, 1789 – November 9, 1799
Bois Caïman August 14, 1791
1791 slave rebellion August 21, 1791
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